Herman's Top Melbourne 1956 Olympians

Here are the athletes that competed at Melbourne 1956 :
They are ranked according to New Honour Points (HP).
Check here to see how these Honour Points are attributed. Check the Main Page for more Olympic lists.

The sports at Melbourne:

total men women
comp prev comp prev comp prev
Aquatics 387 109 261 79 126 30
Athletics 720 168 573 135 147 33
Basketball 169 34 169 34 - -
Boxing 161 26 161 26 - -
Canoeing 113 37 103 34 10 3
Cycling 161 24 161 24 - -
Equestrianism held at Stockholm
Fencing 165 71 142 61 23 10
Football 143 20 143 20 - -
Gymnastics 128 50 63 30 65 20
Hockey 174 39 174 39 - -
Modern Pentathlon 40 10 40 10 - -
Rowing 242 43 242 43 - -
Sailing 154 48 154 48 0 0
Shooting 156 48 156 48 - -
Weightlifting 105 33 105 33 - -
Wrestling 173 50 173 50 - -
Doublers -1 -1
Switchers 3 3
total 3190 813 2819 717 371 96

Totals per Sport

The teams in Melbourne :
total men women
comp prev comp prev comp prev
Afghanistan12612600
Argentina28627610
Australia2943025029441
Austria2915241352
Bahamas434300
Belgium5419511930
Bermuda303000
Brazil4416431610
British Guiana403010
Bulgaria4316401333
Burma11111100
Canada92157712153
Ceylon313100
Chile3311311120
Chinese Taipei20020000
Colombia26226200
Cuba16415410
Czechoslovakia63285123125
Denmark3113271142
Ethiopia12012000
Fiji505000
Finland6426632610
France1374811942186
Germany1584113436245
Great Britain18962163502612
Greece13513500
Hong Kong212100
Hungary1085288382014
Iceland202000
India5914581410
Indonesia22020020
Iran17917900
Ireland12011010
Israel312110
Italy1293911433156
Jamaica606000
Japan1109948161
Kenya25024010
Liberia404000
Luxembourg11710710
Malaya33032010
Mexico2410211030
New Zealand51343281
Nigeria10410400
North Borneo202000
Norway1810181000
Pakistan5514551400
Peru808000
Philippines39935940
Poland64184913155
Portugal525200
Puerto Rico10310300
Romania44123311111
Singapore49147120
South Africa5014441460
South Korea35935900
South Vietnam616100
Soviet Union27267233553912
Sweden88437437146
Thailand35035000
Trinidad & Tobago626200
Turkey13313300
Uganda303000
Uruguay21621600
USA2976825160468
Venezuela19219200
Yugoslavia35932831
nation switchers030102
total 3190 813 2819 717 371 96

The Nationalities in Melbourne :
total men women
comp prev comp prev comp prev
Afghanistan12612600
Algeria312110
Argentina28627610
Armenia515100
Australia2943025029441
Austria2915241352
Azerbaijan101000
Bahamas434300
Belarus533221
Belgium5419511930
Bermuda303000
Bosnia & Herzegovina515100
Brazil4416431610
Bulgaria4316401333
Canada92157712153
Chile3311311120
Chinese Taipei20020000
Colombia26226200
Croatia12311310
Cuba16415410
Czechia53244319105
Denmark3113271142
Estonia414100
Ethiopia12012000
Fiji505000
Finland6426632610
France1334711741166
Georgia12311211
Germany1584113436245
Great Britain18962163502612
Greece13513500
Guyana403010
Hong Kong212100
Hungary1085288382014
Iceland202000
India5914581410
Indonesia22020020
Iran17917900
Ireland12011010
Israel312110
Italy1293911433156
Jamaica606000
Japan1109948161
Kazakhstan313100
Kenya25024010
Latvia625210
Liberia404000
Lithuania838300
Luxembourg11710710
Malaysia35034010
Mexico2410211030
Montenegro202000
Morocco100010
Myanmar11111100
New Zealand51343281
Nigeria10410400
North Macedonia202000
Norway1810181000
Pakistan5514551400
Peru808000
Philippines39935940
Poland64184913155
Portugal525200
Puerto Rico929200
Romania44123311111
Russia1844515737278
Serbia10310300
Singapore49147120
Slovakia1048420
Slovenia422121
South Africa5014441460
South Korea35935900
Sri Lanka313100
Sweden88437437146
Thailand35035000
Trinidad & Tobago626200
Turkey13313300
Turkmenistan101000
Uganda303000
Ukraine42835672
Uruguay21621600
US Virgin Islands111100
USA2976825160468
Uzbekistan100010
Venezuela19219200
Vietnam616100
Nation switchers030102
total 3190 813 2819 717 371 96

Countries

Competitors by group of participations

Repeaters

Interesting Birthplaces

  1. (18.56) Christian Pire (FRA/DIV/1956-60)
  2. (7224) Nicole Péllissard-Darrigrand (FRA/DIV/1948-60)
  3. (2400) Manfred Steinbach (GER/ATH/1956-60)
  4. (-4.90) Mario Colarossi (ITA/ATH/1956)
  5. (-4.40) Horst Mann (GER/ATH/1956)
  6. (1600) Paul Schmidt (GER/ATH/1956-60)
  7. (1.080) Sergey Sukhanov (urs-RUS/ATH/1956)
  8. (1604) Friedrich Janke (GER/ATH/1956-60)
  9. (4.000) Klaus Porbadnik (GER/ATH/1956)
  10. (960) Boris Stolyarov (urs-RUS/ATH/1956)
  11. (31.2) Ilkka Auer (FIN/ATH/1956)
  12. (4000) Yevgeny Maskinskov (urs-RUS/ATH/1956)
  13. (984) Matti Sutinen (FIN/ATH/1956-60)
  14. (21.52) Inge Fuhrmann (GER/ATH/1956)
  15. (7422) Galina Bystrova (urs-RUS/ATH/1956-64)
  16. (3120) Johnny Caldwell (IRL/BOX/1956)
  17. (3120) Freddie Gilroy (IRL/BOX/1956)
  18. (4.920) Martin Smyth (IRL/BOX/1956)
  19. (6000) José Torres (USA/BOX/1956)
  20. (861.0) Ulrich Kienast (GER/BOX/1956)
  21. (7680) Gennady Bukharin (urs-RUS/1956)
  22. (556.0) Simo Kuismanen (FIN/KAY/1956-60)
  23. (643.2) Reinhold Pommer (GER/1956)
  24. (172.5) Anatoliy Cherepovych (urs-UKR/1956)
  25. (3840) Wäinö Korhonen (FIN/MOP-FEN/1956)
  26. (2922) Ryszard Zub (POL/1956-64)
  27. (1621) Yaegashi Shigeo (JPN/1956,64-68)
  28. (-7.15) Sham Lal (IND/GYM/1956)
  29. (5200) Raghbir Singh Bhola (IND/HOC/1956-60)
  30. (3200) Bakshish Singh (IND/HOC/1956)
  31. (2000) Charles Stephen (IND/HOC/1956)
  32. (5200) Ghulam Rasool (PAK/HOC/1956-60)
  33. (9000) Anwar Ahmed Khan (PAK/HOC/1956-64)
  34. (5000) Horst Arndt (GER/ROW/1956)
  35. (246) Zbigniew Paradowski (POL/ROW/1956)
  36. (1408) Annibale Pelaschier (ITA/1956,64)
  37. (64.00) Pyotr Tolstikhin (urs-RUS/1956)

Written 2014-04-04 - last modified 2020-03-29

This page is part of the site "Full Olympians" by Herman De Wael. See here for a full Introduction.